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Cookie Policy

Use of cookies by Friend MTS. 

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The information below explains the cookies we use, their type, description and duration.

Cookie: bscookie

Type: advertisement

Description: this cookie is a browser ID cookie set by LinkedIn share Buttons and ad tags.

Duration: 2 years

Cookie: _ga

Type: analytics

Description: the _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.

Duration: 2 years

Cookie: _gid

Type: analytics

Description: installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

Duration: 1 day

Cookie: _gat_gtag_UA_70354460_2

Type: analytics

Description: set by Google to distinguish users.

Duration: 1 minute

Cookie: lang

Type: functional

Description: this cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website.

Duration: session

Cookie: bcookie

Type: functional

Description: LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID.

Duration: 2 years

Cookie: lidc

Type: functional

Description: LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection.

Duration: 1 day

Cookie: lang

Type: functional

Description: This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website.

Duration: session

Cookie: UserMatchHistory

Type: other

Description:  Linkedin – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.

Duration: 1 month

Cookie: AnalyticsSyncHistory

Type: other

Description: no description

Duration: 1 month

Cookie: li_gc

Type: other

Description: no description

Duration: 2 years

 

VWO Insights cookies 

Cookie: _vwo_consent

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie independently tracks the visitor's consent status for VWO to ensure compliance. It can store essential testing campaign data when VWO is partially blocked, allowing for accurate tracking once consent is given.

Duration: 365 Days

 

Cookie: _vis_opt_test_cookie

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie is created to detect if the cookies are enabled on the visitor’s browser or not. It also helps in tracking the number of browser sessions a visitor has gone through. The value of this cookie is always 1

Duration: Expires on browser close

 

Cookie: _vis_opt_exp_{CAMPAIGNID}_combi

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie is created when a visitor is chosen for a particular variation for a test. This cookie makes sure that visitors see the same variation when they revisit the page in the future. Here the Control has a value of 1, Variation #1 has a value of 2, Variation #2 has a value of 3, and so on

Duration: 100 Days

 

Cookie_vis_opt_exp_{CAMPAIGNID}_exclude

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie is created when a visitor has been excluded from a Test Campaign due to the traffic percentage specifications. The value is always 1

Duration: 100 days

 

Cookie: _vis_opt_s

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie tracks session created for a visitor, i.e., the number of times the browser was closed and reopened. The value is >=1, followed by a pipe sign. For example, the value of 2 indicates that the visitor restarted the browser once while 3 means twice

Duration: 100 days

 

Cookie: _vis_opt_out

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie indicates that the visitor should not be made part of any campaign. Its value is 1

Duration: 10 years

 

Cookie: _vwo_uuid

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie generates a unique id for every visitor and is used for the report segmentation feature in VWO, and it also allows you to view data in a more refined manner

Duration: 365 days

 

Cookie: _vwo_ds

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie stores persistent visitor-level data for VWO Insights

Duration: Depends on the retention period of the account

 

Cookie: _vwo_sn

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie stores session-level information

Duration: 30 mins and reset again to 30 mins on visitor activity

 

Cookie: _vwo_uuid_v2

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie calculates unique traffic on a website

Duration: 366 Days

 

Cookie: _vwo_referrer

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie stores referral info allowing VWO to identify the original Traffic source in case of the Split URL campaign

Duration: 15 secs

 

Cookie: _vwo

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie is a jar of all the cookies. It is currently created only for the Safari browser. In the future, it would replace all the cookies. The actual expiry of a cookie doesn’t matter as it stores the expiry of cookies set in it and keeps on expiring them

Duration: 365 Days

 

Cookie: _vwo_global_opt_out

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie is persisted when a visitor opts out of vwo on all websites in a given browser.

Duration: 100 days

 

Cookie: _vwo_ssm

Type: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie is used for testing and is created only on sites that use the HTTP protocol. This is used to check if VWO can create cookies on them, post which this cookie is deleted.

Duration: 3650 days

 

Essential HubSpot cookies 

ry.<id>

  • It contains an offline cache of cohorts that a user got assigned for HubSpot Product experiments.
  • It doesn't contain personal identifiable information or information that can identify your device or hardware
  • HubSpot experiments are anonymous and aren't attached to user sessions. However, if tracking consent is given, specific experiments might be tied to identifiable user sessions.
  • The individual contents of this storage entry expire automatically upon specific dates determined by HubSpot Product. Often, these are 48 hours.
  • It can't be manually removed and is automatically created whenever conditions are met.

__cfruid

This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. It expires at the end of the session. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies

__cfuvid

This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. It expires at the end of the session. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies

__cf_bm

This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. It expires in 30 minutes. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies

HubSpot analytics cookies 

These are non-essential cookies controlled by the cookie banner. If you're a visitor to a site supported by HubSpot, you can opt out of these cookies by not giving consent.

__hstc

  • The main cookie for tracking visitors.
  • It contains the domain, hubspotutk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).
  • It expires in 6 months.

hubspotutk

  • This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
  • It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor.
  • It expires in 6 months.

__hssc

  • This cookie keeps track of sessions.
  • This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie.
  • It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp.
  • It expires in 30 minutes.

__hssrc

  • Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser.
  • If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session.
  • It contains the value "1" when present.
  • It expires at the end of the session.

For more information about HubSpot cookies, you can view their site here. 

 

How do I change my cookie settings?

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘C’ icon. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Save and close’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.

Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge

Mozilla Firefox

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Opera

Apple Safari

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.